Self-Study Guide to General Psychology - Part III

INTELLIGENCE

A. Describe INTELLIGENCE. Know the various DEFINITIONS of INTELLIGENCE.

B. Find the relationship between intelligence and the concept of INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.

C. Know the concept of I.Q. or INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT.

D. Know the different types of PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS.

1. Intelligence Test

2. Aptitude Test

3. Achievement Test

4. Interest Test

E. Know the CHARACTERISTICS of a GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST.

F. Understand the BASIC STATISTICAL CONCEPTS related to Intelligence.

1. Simple Ranking

2. Frequency Distribution

3. Ranked Distribution

4. Mean, Median, Mode

5. Standard Deviation

G. Know the FACTORS INFLUENCING INTELLIGENCE.

1. Heredity, including Maturation

2. Environmental Factors

3. Personal Factors: 3.1. Physical Health, 3.2. Gender, 3.3. Motivation and 3.4. Attitude

LEARNING

A. Define LEARNING. Know the various descriptions or definitions of learning as given by psychologists with different theoretical orientations.

B. Know the various types of ASSOCIATION LEARNING. Describe the CLASSIC EXPERIMENT associated with each theory of learning. State and explain the laws, concepts and principles related with these theories:

1. Thorndike's Connectionism: 1.1. Thorndike's Experiment, 1.2. Law of Exercise and 1.3. Law of Effect

2. Pavlov's Classical Conditioning: 2.1. Pavlov's Experiment, 2.2. Unconditioned Stimulus and Conditioned Stimulus, 2.3. Unconditioned Response and Conditioned Response, 2.4. Law of Excitation, 2.5. Law of Internal Inhibition, 2.6. Reinforcement, 2.7. Stimulus Generalization, 2.8. Extinction and 2.9. Spontaneous Recovery and Other Concepts

3. Skinner's Operant Conditioning: 3.1. Skinner's Experiment, 3.2. Operant Behavior, 3.3. Types of Reinforcement (3.3a. Primary and Secondary and 3.3b. Positive and Negative), 3.4. Schedules of Reinforcements, 3.5. Punishment, 3.6. Generalization, 3.7. Extinction and 3.8. Shaping

C. Know Bandura's SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY. Describe the CLASSIC EXPERIMENT associated with it. Explain the concepts of MODELING and IMITATION.

D. Know the COGNITIVE THEORIES of LEARNING and the CLASSIC EXPERIMENTS associated with them.

1. Kohler's Insight Learning

2. Tolman's Sign Learning

BACK TO: Eclectic Sources

Part I - Introduction to Psychology and Physiological Basis of Human Behavior

Part II - Human Growth and Development, Sensation and Perception

Part III - Intelligence and Learning

Part IV - Motivation, Emotion and Frustration and Conflict